Subject: Re: Harris’ VP pick is…
Right. There are literally hundreds of Christian hospitals that have done more for humanity than anything, but atheists gonna atheist.

There are also hundreds of secular hospitals (i.e. not affiliated with any sect) that have done the same. Though my experience with a catholic hospital was not particularly favorable. However, that is anecdotal and a single data point.

So in one breadth you try to hide behind the First Amendment, then in literally the second paragraph you want to tax churches out of existence and regulate what they say. Talk about the 1A two-fer.

Not what I said, nor implied. Taxing them like any other corporation will not drive them "out of existence". Like anyone, they would only be taxed a percentage. And they get deductions for charitable works, which was the entire idea behind making them tax-free in the first place. But some DON'T do any charitable work. Scientology, for one. The JWs for another. No soup kitchens, or homeless shelters, or hospitals. I'm not saying they are bad, but they aren't doing charitable work. They should be taxed just like any other money-making venture.

And, no, Mormons...funding "missions" (which, from the Mormons I have known, are often funded by the missionaries, not the LDS church) doesn't count as "charity". Build some homes in Guatemala (which a church-going coworker used to do). THAT is charity.